Contributions of the C-terminal helix to the structural stability of a hyperthermophilic Fe-superoxide dismutase (TcSOD)

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5498-5512

  Wang, Sha ^a   Yan, Yong Bin ^b   Dong, Zhi Yang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fe superoxide dismutase; Hyperthermophilic enzyme; Ion pairing network; Protein unfolding; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; ION PAIR EXTRACTION; MUTANT; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMOSTABILITY;

FE-SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ENZYME; ION-PAIRING NETWORK; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GUANIDINE; HOT TEMPERATURE; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 74249101357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10125498     Document Type: Article

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